While some of us still believe that impossible dreams do come true, countless others gave up this right. Over the years, various people tell us to be realistic. Even society says that we all have limits and reaching beyond these limitations is not possible. But I am firmly against that popular belief.

1. Sergei VanBellinghen
Impossible Dreams Do Come True
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While some of us still believe that impossible dreams do come true, countless others gave
up this right. Over the years, various people tell us to be realistic. Even society says that
we all have limits and reaching beyond these limitations is not possible. But I am firmly
against that popular belief.
So, how can you overcome your limits? What is being realistic anyway? Can dreams
become real?
The thing you must understand is that virtually everything and anything is possible for you
to create. If you believe and take the time required to form the necessary skills, whatever
you want, do come true. However, you must also collect the essential resources to bring
you there.
But the most important elements for impossible dreams to come into existence are the
belief in yourself and your abilities to learn. Your beliefs determine your actions which in
turn determine your results. So, if you do not believe you can succeed, then you will not
reach your visions. Quite simple!
Realistic and Unrealistic
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2. And when people tell you to be realistic, ignore them. In this world, all progress depends on
those being unrealistic. The only reference people with limits have is some event or person
that achieved something in the past. Those limitations were impossible dreams years
before, yet someone realized them.
However, could you imagine what would happen if everyone only tries to achieve what
others have already accomplished? I believe the human race would still be at the Stone
Age.
So, it is a fact that you and I, all of us are born to brilliance and that success is achievable
by anyone. If you read their biographies, most successful people or greatest performers are
self-made and not born with a gift. Therefore, the only problem for most people is that, for
some reason, they do not believe in themselves enough or for their dreams to come true.
Impossible Dreams Are Possible
If history teaches us anything, it is that when people assumed things are not achievable,
some others preserve the impossible dreams alive. Those are the ones who still dreamed,
making things possible so that it may come true over time. These pioneers did not listen to
anyone who told them to be realistic. If they did, the world today would still be living in
caves.
So, regardless of whether society considers it unrealistic, it is the pioneers, the misfits, and
the mavericks who make it happen. They are the ones who follow their heart, stand up for
an idea and go after it. It is these brave men and women who persistently push the limits of
what the world believes possible. As a result, they are the people who end up remembered
in history.
“Dream the impossible because dreams do come true.” – Elijah Wood
All Can Come True
Playing it safe will bring you nowhere; it is only out of fear and ignorance that people do. In
some situations, it may be good to do so. But most successful people will also tell you that
you have to take some uneasy risks at times.
And so you have to make a choice, with incontestable belief. You need to give your
impossible dreams a ‘go,’ or things will never happen, or even come true. Sometimes you
have to take uncalculated risks to have what you want. You need to see it in your mind and
work it into your reality.
And yes, life is like the art of drawing without an eraser. But life has lessons that no one
teaches you in school. Instead, the education system makes you learn history by
memorizing dates or events but never the real lesson.
A Story about Impossible Dreams
In November 1989, I told my mother that I was leaving for an international competition in
the USA, but that this time I will not come back. The day after, I left my mother and my
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3. grandparents behind me, not knowing what lay ahead. Waving as I went, I saw her cry for
me for the first time.
As we landed on the tarmac in New York, I could see, from the window of the plane, the
Twin towers standing out in downtown. The horse vaulting competition took place but right
after, taking advantage of a window of opportunity, I defected.
Being from the Soviet Union, I did not know anyone in this new country, had no place to
stay or even a job to rely on. I only had a city name on a piece of paper and fifty dollars
hidden in my pocket. And I did not even speak English. Impossible dreams you say. Yet I
felt my gut tell me: hunt your dream!
Taking the Risk
And yes, I guess I was taking a high risk to make things come true, but I had nothing to
lose. Instead, I had maybe a lot to gain. I soon took a bus to Atlanta, Georgia, then another
one going south of the country. We were a Sunday, 5.30 in the morning, when I arrived at
the little Greyhound station in Camden, South Carolina.
Outside in the cold, I said to myself “What should I do now?” So I decided to walk down the
long street I was on called ‘Fair Street.’ As I was looking at the houses, my eyes flashed on
a big white one, with two columns in front of it.
I felt my intuition telling me “Maybe you should knock at the door and ask for help.” So after
a minute of hesitation, following my feelings, I mustered my courage, went to the door and
knocked. A girl wearing jeans came down the stairs. I could see her through the small glass
windows of the front door where I was standing.
When Things Come True
She did not open the door right away but just asked me what I wanted. I could not speak
English, so I got my Russian-English dictionary to find the words I desired to express. After
a few minutes, I finally succeeded to make her understand that I wanted a job and a place
to live. She seemed not surprised at my request.
Afterwards, the door opened, she let me in the hallway with my suitcase and asked me if I
had different clothes to put on. But I could not understand her, so she opened my bag to
find a pair of jeans. And when she saw them, she gave them to me saying that I had to
wear them.
After changing my clothes, she told me to follow her. She asked me the line of work I was
in. I said to her that I worked with horses and was a rider. Her face lit and explained to me
that she was a horse farm manager. Suddenly, it all made sense. Impossible dreams do
come true! I was at the right place at the right time.
A Life Changing Opportunity
We got in her car and during the ride to the horse farm where she worked; she tried to
speak to me but without real success. Finally we arrived at a horse farm called “Sandy
Dubose Farm.” It was a very big and beautiful place where horses grew for horse racing.
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4. My new friend named Mary Smith told me to wait. Then she left to talk to the owner to see if
she could get me a job. She came back after fifteen minutes later, announcing to me that I
was hired as an exercise boy, a morning jockey if you will. My work was to ride and train
horses each morning.
The Horse farm owner loved European horse riders and was glad to have me on her team.
My impossible dreams had led me to a life-changing opportunity. Yet, there was more to
come. Mary told me that after work, we would look for a place to live, and she had a good
idea of where.
The house where Mary was living in on Fair Street divided into four apartments. She lived
on the second floor but there was no room for me as it was too small. But that across the
hall from her lived another girl, Bridget. And as she had a two bedrooms apartment, she
maybe needed a roommate to share the rent with her.
So we finished my first day at work, the horses being cleaned and fed, we went to another
horse farm. It was where the other girl worked. We found her riding. Bridget was a pretty
blonde with green eyes. After telling her my story, Mary asked her if she was interested in
having a roommate, and she agreed.
And that is how, in a few hours’ time, I got a job and a place to live in the United States. So
never give up on your dreams because impossible dreams do come true if you want them
hard enough.
You Can Do Anything
People often forget that life gives them countless of possibilities and choices. They are too
busy in their day-to-day routine that they lose sight of what they can do if they put their
minds to it. Understand that a vegetable seed has no other choice than to become a
vegetable. Its fate is locked into that one reality. But you have infinite potential at your
disposal. You can do anything you want.
Think any thought you desire.
Change careers.
Learn any language.
Travel to any country.
Learn any craft or skill.
Start any business.
Begin any project.
So, do not be afraid to have impossible dreams others think are unimaginable. Start
working towards them. Be crazy in your dreams. Plan when you can. But remember that
you have to take risks when you can’t. To discover your true limits and what can come true,
you do need to challenge your own beliefs about what is real or not.
If you feel like sharing your impossible dreams, I amhere for you.
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Sergei VanBellinghen, Founder & CEO of First Class Lifestyle,
currently a Personal Growth & Success Expert Consultant, using
self-development techniques to help you succeed and have a
better life. Visit my personal growth page or check who is Sergei
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